Hostname convention¶
- owner is specified explicitly when other than me
- location is specified only when other than home?
- unless ‘-lb-‘ is specified in the hostname, the server is a production machine
sample string format:
available locations: h: home c: machine in cloud v: vm or vps
List of acronyms (by type of servers)¶
- web servers
- web web server
- gs git server
- ws wiki server
- db db server
- px proxy server
- rpx reverse proxy server
- access control
- lda ldap server
- dns, dhcp and provisionning
- dn dns server
- dh dhcp server
- ps provisionning server
- networking equipmement
- lb loadbalancer
- fw firewall
- gw gateway
- ir “inner or inside” router
- sw switch
- workstations
- de desktop environnement
- des desktop server
- ds desktop server (desktop and server at the same time)
- wde windows desktop
- ltp laptop
- multipurpose (say a docker host running multiple containers)
- ss system server
- storage
- bk backup server
- ftp ftp server
- is install server
- nas file server
- san san server
- mail
- mx mail exchange
- mr mail relay
- logging and monitoring
- ms monitoring server
- log syslog server
- misc
- wss window special server
- chat
- cs chat server
- ephemeral
- vs vagant server